Structural insights into FtsZ protofilament formation

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1243-1250

  Oliva, Maria A ^a,b   Cordell, Suzanne C ^a   Löwe, Jan ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; FTSZ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TUBULIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCUS; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; METHANOCOCCUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA; TUBULIN; WATER;

EID: 13444274140     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb855     Document Type: Article

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